After diligently avoiding sweets and other tasty temptations for Lent, Catholic Spaniards know how to ring in the end of the religious season with amazing dishes during Holy Week.
Spain is a fantastic country to bring up kids thanks to the weather, the safety and Spaniards' overall love of children, but that doesn't mean there aren't aspects of Spanish child-rearing that surprise foreigners.
Every culture has a particular food associated with Christmas and in Spain there is nothing more typically festive than the Roscón de Reyes, the 'Cake of Kings'. Here's what you need to know about this tradition and its fascinating origins.
Christmas is not over in Spain yet. Even though Christmas Day is celebrated across the country, Spaniards still tend to go 'all in' on January 6th with the arrival of 'los Reyes' (the Three Wise Men). Sorry Santa!
Today is as good a day as any to be grateful that you live in 'España'. If you need a reminder of why, here are some very positive and life-affirming reasons for everyone.
Is it acceptable to go topless at the beach in Spain, and what about those who like to take it a bit further and strip off entirely? What's the etiquette and where can you go?
When you really settle into life in Spain, you start noticing some of your social habits changing, from not drinking to get drunk to how long it takes to say goodbye to your friends.
The British Embassy in Madrid held a Facebook live session with representatives from the three organisations that are helping Brits in Spain to tackle any difficult questions about their residency process post-Brexit.
First it tried to save summer then there was a campaign to save Christmas and inevitably now Spain is setting its hopes on bringing infections sufficiently under control to allow some Easter celebrations.
Spain's infection rate is the highest it's ever been and in some parts of the country has soared to over 1,800 cases per 100,000 people. Here's a closer look at infection rates across the country.
The festive season in Spain will be marked by travel restrictions, curfews and limits on the number of people allowed to celebrate together but these will differ from region to region and are also subject to change if infection rates rise.
Travel will be banned between regions over the holiday period, unless it is to visit family, and up to ten people will be allowed to meet around the Christmas table and to see in the New Year.
Two of Spain’s protected brown bears have been shot dead by hunters in separate incidents during wild boar hunts on Sunday, striking a blow to a conservation programme that has seen the population grow from near extinction.
Much of the UK is now under a second lockdown while Spain is under a state of emergency that allows each region to impose their own set of restrictions. Plus there are new rules on quarantining in the UK and compulsory PCR tests for arrivals in Spain.
